Soil resistant and heat reflective oven mitt



June 9, 1959 MEHLER 2,889,556

SOIL RESISTANT AND HEAT REFLECTIVE OVEN MITT Filed March 18'', 1958 FLEXIBLE COATING ABSCFZBENT PA KI G INVENTOR.

COTTON Muzzy? MAZJAZ gryazow'f United Stts SCH. RESISTANT AND HEAT REFLECTIVE OVEN MTTT Murray Mahler, Baldwin, N.Y., assignor of fifty percent to Marvin Lamport, New York, N.Y.

Application March 18, 1958, Serial No. 722,336

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-158) This invention relates to cooking apparatus and, more particularly, to a device for handling hot dishes and pans in the kitchen.

While various types of handling devices have been provided for manipulating hot pans and dishes, many of these items have not been sufliciently resistant to heat to enable such articles to be held for prolonged periods of time. Furthermore, these devices quite frequently become soiled and must therefore be frequently laundered or otherwise cleaned. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a soil resistant and heat reflective oven mitt that may be conveniently and comfortably worn upon the hand for the purpose of handling hot dishes and pans that is extremely simple in construction, efficient in operation, and which will overcome the aforementioned difliculty.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a soil resistant and heat reflective oven mitt that will effectively protect all parts of the hand and wrist from injury due to burns through contact with hot dishes and pans, or through contact with hot parts of a stove.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an oven mitt of this specific type which can be manufactured in large quantities at relatively low cost, and which is of unusually attractive appearance.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of an oven mitt made in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of an oven mitt made in accordance with the present invention in operative use; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse cross sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing, an oven mitt made in accordance with the present invention is shown to in clude a main panel portion that has a hand and finger receiving section 12 which terminates in an outwardly flared and extended wrist encompassing portion 13. A longitudinal slit 15 along one side of the wrist portion 14 permits it to flare outwardly so as to serve as a protective cover for the forearm and wrist during use of the mitt. A thumb cot 16 is secured to the hand portion 12 of the mitt in proper relationship therewith so as to serve a protective cover for the thumb that is received therewithin.

The panel portion for which the mitt is constructed consists of several diverse layers of material which are integrally secured together by stitches 13 that resemble quilting stitches that serve to maintain all of the layers in proper relationship with each other and further rigidities the mitt so as to give it more body. The material from which the mitt is constructed includes a central absorbent packing layer 20, such layer being encased within fabric woven layers 21 on each side. The woven layers 21 consist of strands of cotton cloth that define pores 23 through which air, grease, and other liquid material may freely pass. The exterior surfaces of both of the woven fabric layers 21 are coated with a layer 25 of heat reflecting and soil and moisture resisting material, which does not completely seal the pores 23, but allows such air and moisture to penetrate downwardly into absorbing relationship with the packing cotton layer 20.

The coating applied to the exterior surfaces of the fabric layers 21 consists of a silicone chemical which gives the product a soil retarding and anti-adhering quality that prevents the accumulation of grease and foreign matter, and which further prevents the mitt from becoming scorched during use. The coating also contains aluminum particles in the form of an aluminum pigment that serves to provide a heat reflecting surface and bright appearance.

In actual use, the mitt may be worn as shown in Figure 2, whereby hot pans 28 and oven parts 29 can be safely and conveniently handled. Any dirt that may be deposited upon the surface of the mitt is readily brushed or washed off, while any grease or other liquids coming into contact therewith will pass freely down through the exterior coating 25, through the pores 23 and into absorbent relationship with the packing cotton 20 disposed between the outside layers. Because of the composition of the coating material, the mitt will comfortably withstand high degrees of heat without injury to the wearer.

While this invention has been described with particular reference to the construction shown in the drawing, it is to be understood that such is not to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention, which is best defined by the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A soil resistant and heat reflective oven mitt comprising, in combination, a main panel defining a hand receiving portion, a thumb cot secured to said hand receiving portion, said panel having a central absorbent layer, and an exterior heat reflecting and stain resisting layer on each side of said central absorbent layer, said central absorbent layer comprising a layer of absorbent packing, each said exterior heat reflecting and non-absorbent layer comprising woven cloth fabric having pores facilitating the passage of air and moisture therethrough, a flexible coating of non-absorbent flexible material on the exterior side of each of said exterior layers, said coating having minute pores communicating with said pores of said fabric permitting the passage of air and liquid therethrough into the interior of said central absorbent layer.

2. A soil resistant and heat reflective oven mitt as set forth in claim 1, further comprising an outwardly flaring wrist encompassing portion integral with and extending outwardly from said hand receiving portion, said wrist encompassing portion having a longitudinal slit along one side to facilitate the insertion of a hand into said mitt.

References tilted in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,164,499 Coughlin July 4, 1939 2,474,273 Olson June 28, 1949 2,650,365 Singer Sept. 1, 1953 2,660,736 Biefeld Dec. 1, 1953 2,774,077 Pressler et al Dec. 18, 1956 2,810,131 Kogut Oct. 22, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 115,139 Great Britain May 2, 1918 

